Is it viable to fit NY, Boston and somewhere in Florida all into 10 days?!
It would be a squeeze, but certainly possible. You could fly into Boston, stop 2-3 nights, take the train down to New York, another 2-3 nights then fly down to Florida and finally return to the UK from Miami or Orlando. Both BA and Virgin (amongst others) will sell you an "open jaw" ticket. There will be loads of airlines doing NYC to various airports in Florida.
If i did go to LA and visited one or 2 of the beaches such as Santa Monica or Long Beach areas, would it be warm enough at that time if year for a bit of time on the beach?
If i did go to LA and visited one or 2 of the beaches such as Santa Monica or Long Beach areas, would it be warm enough at that time if year for a bit of time on the beach?
Just about I guess, depending on what you'd regard as comfortable:
I found a video on YouTube about Huntington Beach. I've never been there but the video looks good and a friend of mine visited last year for one night on a road trip and said he enjoyed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtTSXd2BMq0
I had a look on http://www.skyscanner.net and a one-way flight from NYC to LA in October seems likely to cost around £170 per adult if booked at the moment and take around 9 hours. Then you'd need to add accommodation cost and I think almost certainly car rental.
I had a look on http://www.skyscanner.net and a one-way flight from NYC to LA in October seems likely to cost around £170 per adult if booked at the moment and take around 9 hours. Then you'd need to add accommodation cost and I think almost certainly car rental.
Or just get a return flight to Los Angeles that allows a stopover in New York, rather than an Open Jaw ticket. Don't know where you looked but Virgin America start about $179.00 plus baggage, and only takes about 6 hours.
I had a look on http://www.skyscanner.net and a one-way flight from NYC to LA in October seems likely to cost around £170 per adult if booked at the moment and take around 9 hours. Then you'd need to add accommodation cost and I think almost certainly car rental.
From what i've seen doing searches you can get to LA from NY for about £110 and it takes about 5.5 hours?!
Actually what i've just done is a search on a similar site and i can get my whole package of flights london - ny - la - london for about £500pp!
From what i've seen doing searched you can get to LA from NY for about £110 and it takes about 5.5 hours?
Fair enough, I only looked at that one site as it had been recommended on another forum - looks like it's actually not much good - or I'm not much good at searching for cheap flights!
If i want a bit of warmth and good beaches is it better to maybe go more into the Orange County area for that?
I don't think we would mind staying in Hollywood to do all the standard LA things for a couple of days then driving into OC for 1 or 2 days of exploring the coast there.
If i want a bit of warmth and good beaches is it better to maybe go more into the Orange County area for that?
The distances aren't huge so temperature differences along that part of the coast are generally small. The Santa Monica October average is 18.4C, San Diego 19.3C. I'd just pick the nicest place - have a look round on Google Map's StreetView, view a few YouTube videos, read some descriptions on Wikipedia, visit some of the town's own web sites, see what you think.
The hop from Washington DC to Orlando is pretty short. I liked Washington DC a lot, but totally Meh about Orlando.
A lot of the Pacific coast is quite cool (and fogbound) compared to inland. We were in LA last July and we had a couple of cool days. San Diego was warmer. I liked San Francisco best of the west coast towns but not in love with LA personally. Nightmare to drive round because of the volume of traffic.
If you have limited time then do the east coast. The west has a lot to offer but you do need time to explore it properly.
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It would be a squeeze, but certainly possible. You could fly into Boston, stop 2-3 nights, take the train down to New York, another 2-3 nights then fly down to Florida and finally return to the UK from Miami or Orlando. Both BA and Virgin (amongst others) will sell you an "open jaw" ticket. There will be loads of airlines doing NYC to various airports in Florida.
Santa Monica http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=59740&cityname=Santa-Monica-California-United-States-of-America
Huntington Beach http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=519227&cityname=Huntington-Beach-California-United-States-of-America
San Diego http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=9227&cityname=San-Diego-California-United-States-of-America
Of course those are only averages and on any particular day it might be considerably warmer or cooler.
And for comparison, Daytona Beach, Florida http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=650227&cityname=Daytona-Beach-Florida-United-States-of-America
I found a video on YouTube about Huntington Beach. I've never been there but the video looks good and a friend of mine visited last year for one night on a road trip and said he enjoyed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtTSXd2BMq0
Or just get a return flight to Los Angeles that allows a stopover in New York, rather than an Open Jaw ticket. Don't know where you looked but Virgin America start about $179.00 plus baggage, and only takes about 6 hours.
From what i've seen doing searches you can get to LA from NY for about £110 and it takes about 5.5 hours?!
Actually what i've just done is a search on a similar site and i can get my whole package of flights london - ny - la - london for about £500pp!
I don't think we would mind staying in Hollywood to do all the standard LA things for a couple of days then driving into OC for 1 or 2 days of exploring the coast there.
A lot of the Pacific coast is quite cool (and fogbound) compared to inland. We were in LA last July and we had a couple of cool days. San Diego was warmer. I liked San Francisco best of the west coast towns but not in love with LA personally. Nightmare to drive round because of the volume of traffic.
If you have limited time then do the east coast. The west has a lot to offer but you do need time to explore it properly.